Thurya | |
---|---|
Scientific classification
![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Caryophyllaceae |
Genus: |
Thurya Boiss. & Balansa |
Thurya is a monotypic genus of flowering plant belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae. [1] It only contains one known species, Thurya capitata Boiss. & Balansa [1]
The genus name of Thurya is in honour of Jean Marc Antoine Thury (1822–1905), a Swiss naturalist and professor of botany at the University of Geneva. [2] The Latin specific epithet of capitata means having dense-headed growth and is derived from capitatus. [3] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in P.E.Boissier, Diagn. Pl. Orient., series.2, Vol.5 on pages 63-64 in 1856. [1]